We recently published 10 Stocks Bleeding Early. Figma, Inc. (NYSE:FIG) is one of the companies that stood stronger last week. Figma fell by 27.38 percent on Monday to close at $88.6 apiece as investors resorted to profit-taking to take advantage of the two consecutive days of surge. Figma, Inc. (NYSE:FIG) is a newly listed company, having debuted…
Hong Kong is on track to return to an operating account surplus for the 2025-26 financial year, with the result largely fuelled by a surge in stamp duty income from the city’s robust stock market performance, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po made his prediction of a surplus – set to…
Stocks tumbled from record highs on Friday as data revealed the US labor market is not on as solid footing as previously thought. On the week, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell nearly 2.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slid 2.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) shed 1.2%. Markets will be greeted with a…
Hong Kong is on track to return to an operating account surplus for the 2025-26 financial year, with the result largely fuelled by a surge in stamp duty income from the city’s robust stock market performance, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po made his prediction of a surplus – set to…
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street had a lot riding on whether this week’s big-tech earnings would meet increasingly high expectations. By and large, the companies delivered. Most Read from Bloomberg Yes, the stock market finished the week on a down note with Friday’s selloff, which was in part sparked by mixed results from Amazon.com Inc. after…
President Donald Trump just showed markets that he doesn’t always chicken out. Trump’s August 1 tariff deadline has arrived, and a barrage of new and amended import duties sent the stock market tumbling in Friday’s session. The updated tariffs don’t officially kick in until August 7, meaning nations still have some time to reach a…
The Athens Stock Exchange is on track to become part of the Euronext network following a revised €413 million acquisition offer from the European exchange group. The deal marks a strategic step toward deeper integration of Greek financial markets into the wider European capital market landscape. Euronext, which operates exchanges in major cities such as…
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) -Wall Street’s AI heavyweights added a combined half a trillion dollars in stock market value late on Wednesday after quarterly reports from Microsoft and Meta Platforms showed massive investments in the emerging technology were paying off. In extended trade, Microsoft jumped 8% and Meta surged 9%, with the two Magnificent Seven…
Washington — Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined Democrats Wednesday to advance legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying, selling or owning individual stocks. In an 8-7 vote, Hawley and Senate Democrats on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted the legislation out of committee, with all other…
Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate led by revered investor Warren Buffett, has sold roughly one-third of its stake in Verisign, a U.S.-based provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure. On Monday, Verisign made the announcement that Berkshire will be selling 4.3 million shares on Monday. In a subsequent release, the company said that these…